\,\ent to Telos. Mrs. Mahel Dodge l,uhdn, to WhOIll they had an intro- duction, let theIn use one of her houses there for two weeks. Strand liked the country but was put off by Mrs. Lu- h ln, w h0111 he thought domineering, destructive, and rather silly in her self- e1Ppointed role as the doyenne of Taos. "1 hadn't the slightest interest in pho- togr{lphing her," he said once. rrhe next two summel s, the StL:lnds went to Georgetown Island, in Penobscot Bav. f'heir neighbors there were John r l\darin, J\1arsden Hartle), elnd Gelston Ldchaise, all of w hon1 he did photo- grdph, eithel then or ldter. (Strand considered Lachaise one of the three leading modern sculptors-the others were Brancusi and Lehmhruck-and he was hath flattered and pleased when J Jclchaise offered to trade e1 sIllall bronLe for a Strdnd print, something no othCl artJst has done to this day.) Strand spent the two summers photo- grctphing lllushrooms, rocks, plants, a cobvveb in the rain, and other natural dettils-usually in extreme closeup. (C I've always had an interest in the thing" that Inake a place what it is, ,",hic11 Ineans not exactly like any other pLlce .clnd yet related to other places," Strand said recend". "Growing things elre part of the quality and the char- acter of a pL1ce; the things that grow b) the sea are not like the things that glOW, s;n, in the middle of Kans,ls. It's the s,une with rocks. H,ocks by the sea dTe (ljfferent, because the sed has washed theIll and done things to them, eBul trees by the sell are very special, too. Incidentally, I discovered sOn1e- thing the1t first SU111n1er at Gcorgeto\vn that \-vas vita]]) useful to n1e. You see., if ,on want to photograph growing plants, flowers, grass, or whatever and if ) ou want to do it dt ,1 very sIlled] Jens opening and with .l long eÀposure-- t\VO or three minutes-then you have t problem, because there\ ahNays ,1 wÜ1d, .c1nd the) IllOVe. I solved that b tried and error. I found that when I sensed the wÙ1d comine- I could closL the shutter, wait until the wInd had pass d, and reopen the shu tter. The plant would have always returned to the cÀact san1C spot it had heen in be- fore. rrhat wa) I could get an abso- lutely clear, needle-sharp picture." rhe prohle111s of dealing with larger Llndscdpes did not re.cllly eillerge for Strclnd until thL" Sll111111er of 1929, when he and his wife went around the Gaspe Peninsula. "The landscape problem is the unity of whatever is included.," StreuHl has said. "In a land- scape, you usual!} have foreground, Iniddle glound, distance, and sky. A]] 61 ,. t ':if<' io 1:' :i, ' ,... *" 'bI " "" #= ø' ,0 ;:; fIIi' \.-, , , >> ./ .% "'" A Ys ". " '. J . '.' -1 Ltút, , 1. Stf'!jYI )S4$$wJfIJu.Swæ ftcw f1 JCr { ø Cw f t f I, ( "ft l Ur &$ ' ?<$ f ., \ I / 7/ oW' -!;. . , .%- M '{ / ,> 4; /". >' 4- hf" h' ,y' f .:. ; h>> : ,,;' ",,,,,,,,,,* ,,<<' '* .;- N .... .v '" " h ,,-,'" i l'" þ. ... .?- .ý,; N ''''4; N /< . .s .... 1>'. "ÿ'JI "" .", ': <i '^ .x. . ,,;&"'/ "'f '" ''''7'7... Ø<' q- ./.' .....;;. /- <- -)!t .: "). .:" :( 0< /..", , /N .:. ;: l- t ,', . t' >:. ' i-.: , <i' .ø y 0 ø' t .f .:. ... " /' / y. Of course the food will be superb. Of course the wine will be exquisite. But who will remember all your effort? Send for our Unfor g ettable-Dinner-Part y -Klt. You spend a lot of time planning the menu and choosing the right wines. That's why it's such a nice touch to have a menu. listing the courses and the wines. for each couple to share All hand written by you on the very best paper in the world. Cotton fiber paper. With placecards to match. So send for The Cotton Fiber Paper Council's Unforgettable- Dinner-Party-Kit: 24 placecards and twelve thick foldover menu sheets. It will be an evening to remember Cotton Fiber Paper The sIgn of quolrly poper : ;st fthe ll & \1 Cotton F,ber P oper Counc.l Inc Cotton Fiber Paper Council. Inc. 260 Madison Avenue. New York, N.Y. 10016 Please send me an UnforgeHable-Dinner-Party-Kit. Enclosed is $1.00. Name Street City State Zip .......................... ........................ ....